executive order sanctioning certain russian persons in connection with russia's activities in eastern ukraine, it took a prospective bid perks not the pentagon, but a prospective bidder that is a possible competitor filed a lawsuit in federal court to ensure compliance with the president's executive order. we all look forward to the inspector general's findings. in addition to the eelv, i will also be monitoring the army's modernization program to build nearly 3,000 armored personnel carriers. this program, too, appears to lack any meaningful competition, having obtained a waiver to skip over building working prototypes and thereby ignoring the acquisition best practice of fly before you buy. way back many years ago when ronald reagan became president of the united states, our -- then secretary of defense, cap weinberger said fly before you buy. fly before you buy. it is clear, i don't think anybody builds anything in america today if they don't test it out before they purchase it in block or produce it in block and yet the pentagon continues to ignore the fundamental principle of fly before